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N AT I O N A L A I R A N D S PA C E M U S E U M “World W II Aviation” (205): Explore the history of land-based fighter ar aviation among five major combatants —Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Italy and the United States. “Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air” (206): Rare airplanes abound, including the German Pfalz D.XII, Albatros D. Va and Fokker D. VII fighters; a British Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe fighter; and a French SPAD XIII fighter and Voisin VIII bomber. “Exploring the Planets” (207): A full-scale replica of Voyager is the focal point of the gallery. Kids especially will enjoy “The Family of the Sun” theater, where catchy tunes teach solar system factoids. “Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight” (208): A showcase of aviation’s unprecedented feats and record breakers. Here, find Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Vega. “The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age” (209): Learn the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright solved the problems of powered flight and changed the world. “Apollo to the Moon” (210): Astronaut Neil Armstrong, after descending the ladder of lunar module Eagle, took the first human steps on the moon on July 20, 1969. The artifacts in the gallery tell the story of the United States’ quest to place humans on the moon. “Beyond the Limits” (213): See a full-size space shuttle cockpit simulator and learn how computers are used to train pilots and astronauts. The Apollo 11 command module, located on the first floor, carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon in 1969. ALBERT EINSTEIN PLANETARIUM “Cosmic Collisions”— witness explosions in space! IMAX LOCKHEED MARTIN IMAX® THEATER FEATURING: ■ 3D Sun ■ To Fly! ® ■ Space Station 3-D ■ Fighter Pilot Call for current information about special evening and weekend films: 202.633.IMAX (4629), or visit www.si.edu/imax Find It: Wright Flyer Second floor, gallery 209, top of escalator Spirit of St. Louis— “Milestones of Flight” Gallery 100; best view is from the second floor Apollo 11 command module On the first floor, “Milestones of Flight,” Gallery 100 DC-7 Climb aboard— “America by Air” Gallery 102 “How Things Fly” Gallery 109, next to the welcome center Enola Gay On view at the Udvar-Hazy Center ERIC LONG/NASM, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION (2) www.goSmithsonian.com 21 http://www.si.edu/imax http://www.goSmithsonian.com

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goSmithsonian - June 2008 Contents Visitor Information Smithsonian Institution Building—The Castle The S. Dillon Ripley International Gallery Dining Guide Donald W. Reynolds Center Smithsonian American Art Museum National Portrait Gallery National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Discovery Theater, SITES, Folklife Festival and more National Museum of American History Map of the National Mall National Museum of Natural History National Museum of the American Indian Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/Asian Art Freer Gallery of Art/Asian and American Art Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden/Contemporary and Modern Art National Museum of African Art Renwick Gallery/American Art National Postal Museum Anacostia Community Museum National Zoological Park

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